Sia Lab at Columbia University

Publications

2008

22. B.M. Gillette et al, Nature Materials, in the press (2008).

21. J. Lii, W.J. Hsu, H. Parsa, A. Das, R. Rouse and S.K. Sia, Real-Time Microfluidic System for Studying Mammalian Cells in 3D Microenvironments, Anal. Chem. (2008).
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20. C.D. Chin, K. Khanna and S.K. Sia, A microfabricated porous collagen-based scaffold as prototype for skin substitutes, 10, 459-67, Biomed. Microdev. (2008).
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2007

19. S.K. Sia, B.M. Gillette and G.J. Yang, Synthetic tissue biology: tissue engineering meets synthetic biology, 81, 354-61, Embryo Today (2007).
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18. Y.K. Cheung, B.M. Gillette, M. Zhong, S. Ramcharan and S.K. Sia, Direct patterning of composite biocompatible microstructures using microfluidics, Lab on a Chip, 7, 574-579 (2007).
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17. S.K. Sia, Developing diagnostics, Chemical Technology (2007).
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16. C.D. Chin, V. Linder and S.K. Sia, Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health, Lab on a Chip, 7, 41-57 (2007).
[This work was chosen as the cover article.]
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2006

15. J. Lii, W. Hsu, S. Lee and S.K. Sia, Microfluidics, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (2006).

Pre-Columbia Publications

14. P. Garstecki, M. Fuerstman, M. A. Fischbach, S.K. Sia and George M. Whitesides, Mixing with bubbles: a practical technology for use with portable microfluidic devices, Lab on a Chip, 6, 207-212 (2006).

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13. N. Damean, S.K. Sia, V. Linder, M. Navrolyansky and G.M. Whitesides, Space- and time-resolved spectrophotometry in microsystems, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 102:10035-10039 (2005).
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12. D.B. Weibel, M. Kruithof, S. Potenta, S.K. Sia, A. Lee and G.M. Whitesides, Torque-actuated pressure valves for microfluidics, Anal. Chem., 77:4726-4733 (2005).
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11. V. Linder, S.K. Sia and G.M. Whitesides, Reagent-loaded cartridges for valveless and automated fluid delivery in microfluidic devices, Anal. Chem., 77:64-71 (2005).
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10. D. Ryan, B.A. Parviz, V. Linder, V. Semetey, S.K. Sia, J. Su, M. Mrksich and G.M. Whitesides, Patterning multiple aligned self-assembled monolayers using light, Langmuir, 20:9080-9088 (2004).
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9. S.K. Sia, V. Linder, B.A. Parviz, A. Siegel and G.M. Whitesides, An integrated approach to a low-cost and portable immunoassay for resource-poor settings, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 43:498-502 (2004).
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[This work was selected as Editor's Choice in Science (pdf) and featured by Science News (link).]

8. S.K. Sia and G.M. Whitesides, Microfluidic devices based on poly(dimethylsiloxane) for biological studies, Electrophoresis, 24:3563-3576 (2003).
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7. S.K. Sia and P.S. Kim, Protein grafting of an HIV-1 inhibiting epitope, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 100, 9756-9761 (2003).
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6. S.K. Sia, P.A. Carr, A.G. Cochran, V.N. Malashkevich and P.S. Kim, Short, constrained alpha-helical peptides that inhibit HIV-1 entry, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 99, 14664-14669 (2002).
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[This work was classified as a "Must Read" article by Faculty of 1000 (link).]

5. S.K. Sia and P.S. Kim, A designed protein featuring packing left and right-handed helices, Biochemistry, 40, 8981-89 89 (2001).
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4. S.K. Sia, M.X. Li, L. Spyracopoulos, S.M. Gagne, W. Liu, J.A. Putkey, and B.D. Sykes, Structure of cardiac muscle troponin C unexpectedly reveals a closed regulatory domain, J. Biol. Chem., 272(29):18216-21 (1997).
[This work was featured as research news in Nature Biotechnology, Sept 1997 (issue 15, p. 826).]
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3. L. Spyracopoulos, M.X. Li, S.K. Sia, S.M.Gagne, M. Chandra, R.J. Solaro, and B.D. Sykes, Calcium-induced structural transition in the regulatory domain of human cardiac troponin C, Biochemistry, 36(40):12138-46 (1997).
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2. S.C. Mosimann, M.M. Cherney, S. Sia, S. Plotch, and M.N. James, Refined X-ray crystallographic structure of the poliovirus 3C gene product, J. Mol. Biol., 273(5):1032-47 (1997).
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1. D.M. Pinto, E.A. Arriaga, S. Sia, Z. Li, and N.J. Dovichi, Solid-phase fluorescent labeling reaction of picomole amounts of insulin in very dilute solutions and their analysis by capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 16(4):534-40 (1995).
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